METHOD OF PREPARING A COMPOUND CONCENTRATE AND PROCESSING SUCH A CONCENTRATE

PROCEDE DE PREPARATION D'UN CONCENTRE DE COMPOSE ET TRAITEMENT D'UN TEL CONCENTRE

English Abstract

The invention relates to a method of preparing a compound for the prevention
of a contamination of raw materials, products, water and/or production means,
which compound comprises at least hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and glycol acid,
and wherein a mixture of glycerol and glycol acid is added to the hydrogen
peroxide. The glycerol and glycol acid are combine and stirred while admixing
a stabilizer for peroxide mixtures to form a stable gel-like concentrate, and
subsequently when required, the concentrate is added in its entirety to the
hydrogen peroxide in a previously determined ratio in order to form the
compound.

French Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de préparation d'un composé destiné à la prévention d'une contamination de matières premières, de produits, d'eau et/ou d'éléments de production. Ce composé comprend au moins un peroxyde d'hydrogène, des acides de glycérol et de glycol, et dans lequel un mélange d'acides de glycérol et de glycol est ajouté au peroxyde d'hydrogène. Les acides de glycérol et de glycol sont combinés et brassés en mélangeant un stabilisant destinés aux mélanges de peroxyde en vue de former un concentré stable de type gel, puis, si nécessaire, le concentré est ajouté tout entier au peroxyde d'hydrogène dans un rapport déterminé préalablement de manière à former le composé.

Claims

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CLAIMS
1. A method of preparing a composition for the prevention
of a contamination of raw materials, products, water or production means,
which composition comprises at least hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and glycolic
acid, and wherein a mixture of glycerol and glycolic acid is added to the
hydrogen peroxide, characterized in that the glycerol and the glycolic acid
are
combined and stirred while admixing a stabilizer for peroxide mixtures to form
a stable gel-like concentrate, and in that subsequently when required, the
concentrate is added in its entirety to the hydrogen peroxide in a previously
determined ratio in order to form the composition.
2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the
glycerol and the glycolic acid are combined and subsequently stirred for at
least 7 minutes while the stabilizer is being added, until the concentrate is
clear
and homogeneous.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
prior to combining the glycerol and the glycolic acid, they both have a
temperature ranging from 18-24 C.
4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized in that prior to being added to the hydrogen peroxide, the
concentrate has a temperature of approximately 20 C.
5. A concentrate comprising at least glycerol, glycolic acid
and a stabilizer, while being substantially free of hydrogen peroxide.
6. The use of a concentrate comprising at least glycerol,
glycolic acid and a stabilizer, while further being substantially free of
hydrogen peroxide, in the preparation of a composition for the prevention of a
contamination of raw materials, products, water or production means, wherein

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the concentrate is added in its entirety to a previously determined quantity
of
hydrogen peroxide for the formation of the composition.

Description

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Method of preparing a compound concentrate and processing
such a concentrate
The invention relates to a method of preparing a
compound for the prevention of a contamination of raw
materials, products, water and/or production means, which
compound comprises at least hydrogen peroxide, glycerol
and glycol acid, and wherein a mixture of glycerol and
glycol acid is added to the hydrogen peroxide.
Such a method is known from the Dutch patent
1003316 in the name of applicant.
In the known method the compound is prepared from
at least hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and glycol acid,
wherein a solution of the glycerol and a solution of
glycol acid is mixed and this mixture is added dropwise to
a solution of hydrogen peroxide under conditions such that
the solution of hydrogen peroxide maintains a temperature
of 7 C, and preferably less than 4 C. The ratio hydrogen
peroxide, glycerol and glycol acid to be applied is
described extensively in said patent 1003316, so that for
the sake of brevity reference is made thereto.
it is known that particularly in warmer regions a
suitable disinfection method and compound are of great
importance. A disadvantage of the compound disclosed in
the Dutch patent 1003316 is that when production does not
take place locally, large amounts of the aqueous compound
obtained by the prior art method have to be transported,
which involves high transport costs. This problem is not
only inherent to the compound obtained according to the
method of the Dutch patent 1003316, the invention of which
dates back to 1996. The problem applies to the same extent
to the product obtained in accordance with the European
patent application EP-A-0 603 329, the invention of which
dates back to 1991.
The primary objective of the inventors of the
product proposed according to the Dutch patent 1003316 is

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the adaptation of the method such as to cut the aforementioned high transport
costs.
Anothcr object of the invention is to combat the explosive
character associated with the known production method of the compound,
According to a~irst aspect of the invention there is.provided a
method of preparing a composition for the prevention of a contamination of
raw materials, products, water or production means, which composition
comprises at least hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and glycolic acid, and wherein
a mixture of glycerol and glycolic acid is added to the hydrogen peroxide,
characterized in that the glycerol and the glycolic acid are combined and
stirred while admixing a stabilizer for peroxide mixtures to form a stable gel-
like concentrate, and in that subsequently when required, the concentrate is
added in its entirety to the hydrogen peroxide in a previously determined
ratio
in order to form the composition.
Surprisingly it has been found that in the method according to the
invention there is no need at all for the concentrate to be added dropwise to
the
hydrogen peroxide while maintaining a temperature of below 7 , and
preferably below 4 , as is required in the prior art.
On the contrary, in accordance with the invention the method is
preferably performed such that prior to being added to the hydrogen peroxide,
the concentrate has a temperature of- approximately 20 C. This promotes
proper and quick mixing to obtain the desired compound.
It is further preferred that the glycerol and the glycolic acid be
combined and subsequently stirred for at least 7 minutes while the stabilizer
is
being added, until the concentrate is clear and homogeneous. This is a simple,
reproducible and reliable manner for obtaining the concentrate that is
suitable
for transport from a central location of preparration to a particular location
where it is incorporated for the formation of the final compound. This aspect

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provides the key to the reduction of the considerable transport costs known
from the prior art method. For the formation of the concentrate it is further
desirable that prior to combining the glycerol and the glycolic acid, they
both
have a temperature ranging from 18-24 C. The maintenance of this
temperature promotes mixing due to the fact that glycerol and glycol acid then
have a suitable viscosity value.
According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a
concentrate comprising at least glycerol, glycolic acid and a stabilizer,
while
being substantially free of hydrogen peroxide.
According to a third aspect of the invention there is provided the
use of a concentrate comprising at least glycerol, glycolic acid and a
stabilizer,
while further being substantially free of hydrogen peroxide, in the
preparation
of a composition for the prevention of a contamination of raw materials,
products, water or production means, wherein the concentrate is added in its
entirety at a previously determined quantity of hydrogen peroxide for the
formation of the composition.
The concentrate according to the invention may, for example,
comprise the following components:
a) glycol acid in a 57% concentration for 31.251100 parts;
b) stabilizer for peroxide mixtures for 6,25/100 parts; and
c) glycerol in PhannaqualityUSP 1.26 for 62.5/100 parts.
For the production of the compound for the prevention of a
contamination of raw materials, products, water and/or production means, the
thus obtained concentrate is to be added to hydrogen peroxide. To this end,
for
example, 8% by weight of concentrate may be added to 92% by weight of a
50% hydrogen peroxide solution.